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Precision Plants founders Mark Turner, left, and Charles Clowes, right, holding hemp DNA. With Defra funding, Precision Plants and project partner the University of Hertfordshire, with input from Rothamsted Research, will advance the development of climate resilient, high value industrial hemp.

We’re awarding funding to 15 projects across England that will help turn cuttin...


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Credit: Roger Lomas

Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRSs) are locally developed plans that bring together ecological evidence, land use data and local knowledge. They show where nature recovery is most needed and most likely to succeed.

LNRSs are existing plans, published online, so they are a ready-made resource farmers can use to help plan a profi...


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Credit: Stephen and Helen Jones

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) testing has always been a required part of the


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Credit: Becky Briggs

A mandatory, standardised system for classifying sheep carcases and reporting prices is now in force.

The new system will help ensure sheep carcases are classified in a fair and consistent way, bringing the sheep sector into line w...


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